I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here again today. After we finish with the estimates, I'm going to sort of miss you guys. You seem to be here as often as many committee members.
If I could, I'll look at a specific situation in my riding first, and then I'll get on with it.
I hold in the highest respect the ability and the integrity of the small craft harbours guys I deal with, both in the gulf and in eastern Nova Scotia. They are very professional, very capable people.
We've been battling a problem since 2005 in West Arichat Harbour, with two derelict vessels that are tied to the end of the wharf. There's a warrant on the part of DFO to get these gone. I would really appreciate, wherever it's getting jammed up, wherever it's getting bottled up.... They're a safety risk to the community. They're unsightly, and West Arichat is very much part of a tourist destination. I know the guys on the ground want to get it done, but it's getting bottlenecked, and we'd really appreciate whatever the senior officials could do to help us with that.